The School of Business Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) chapter has earned the “Highest Honors” status for the 2024-2025 academic year, the highest level of recognition that a chapter can earn as part of the Chapter Honor Roll Program.
BGS is the International Business Honor Society recognizing top-performing students from around the world in business schools accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Membership is exclusively offered to top-performing students of
In the age of digital saturation, the deck often feels stacked against small businesses. National chains have ad budgets that could bankroll a midsize town, while algorithms seem to tilt toward those who pay to play. But the landscape isn’t just shifting—it’s fracturing. That rupture offers something that hasn’t been this accessible in years: the chance for smaller players to take ground by responding quickly, thinking creatively, and speaking in voices people actually want to hear. The edge comes not
The Oakland University Board of Trustees approved the renaming of the school’s Honors College as the Donna and Walt Young Honors College at today’s formal meeting.
The announcement comes in the wake of the Young’s transformational gift of $10 million dollars to show their confidence in the growth and progress of the Honors College at OU. It is the first named school in Oakland’s history.
Walt Young was appointed to the Oakland University Foundation Board in 1997. It was then that he and his wife,
Oakland University continues to provide the highest level of service to its student veterans, earning a gold rating on the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency’s 2025 list of veteran-friendly schools.
The agency’s Veteran-Friendly Schools program recognizes Michigan educational institutions for serving the educational needs of veterans and military-connected students.
Schools are evaluated based on seven criteria related to veteran-focused services and programs. Gold status requires fulfillment of six
Oakland University is celebrating strong enrollment momentum this fall, according to official university data. For fall 2025, total enrollment reached 15,979 students, a 1.3% increase over last year. Total student credit hours also rose by 1.6%, as students are enrolling in more classes on average.
Importantly, this marks the first increase in total enrollment and credit hours since 2019, signaling a positive turnaround from the years following the pandemic.
OU welcomed 2,330 first-time-in-any-college Oakland University researchers Walter Wolfsberger (postdoctoral fellow), Zlata Bilanyn (exchange student), Taras Oleksyk (associate professor of biological sciences), Maria Varyvoda (volunteer) and Stephanie Castro-Marquez (graduate student).
Biology Professor Taras Oleksyk’s pioneering work to fill one of the largest gaps in the scientific study of human population genetics was recently featured in one of the world’s most prestigious academic journals.
An article published in the journal
Multipublished author and MIT’s Peter de Florez Professor of Philosophy Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. will visit Oakland University’s campus to deliver this fall’s Richard J. Burke Lecture in Philosophy, Religion and Society at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Oakland Center Gold Rooms A, B and C.
Titled “Laughter in the Dark: Stand-Up Comedy as Consolation,” this lecture will explore philosophy through a comedic lens, evaluating the ethics of drawing on other’s suffering for humor.
“Dr. Setiya’s perspective
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Oakland University reports fourth consecutive year of freshman enrollment growth
OU biology professor’s genetics research highlighted in top academic journal
OU's 2025 Burke Lecture to explore philosophy through a comedic lens
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